<![CDATA[Secondary School Geography]]>Secondary One --- How to study Geography?


Sec 1 pupils will have their first exposure to Geography when they enrol in 2010.It is practically a new subject for our young ones. ( http://www.moe.gov.sg/education/syllabuses/humanities/files/geography-lower-secondary-2006.pdf)

I am starting this thread to gather inputs from experienced Ah ge and ah jie so as to make the transition a more pleasant one.

1)What are the pointers in answering Geography essays/structured questions?

2)What are the effective techniques one must learn to think about the questions asked? It’ll be helpful if you could illustrate with actual examination questions.

3)Any relevant websites to download useful resources and past years papers?

Best wishes

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eurostar\" post_id=\"2096277\" time=\"1675066985\" user_id=\"38555:

Hi any geography assessment books for lower secondary ? Thanks
I don't have kids in sec school now, but these revision guides seem pretty good (I edited the S2 one, and have looked at the S1 one). They have practice questions and suggested answers.

https://www.hoddereducation.sg/subjects/geography/products/secondary/revision-guide-geography-for-secondary-1
https://www.hoddereducation.sg/subjects/geography/products/secondary/revision-guide-geography-for-secondary-2

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Serendipity\" post_id=\"2045186\" time=\"1636188022\" user_id=\"9658:

Any recommendations for good guidebooks / reference books for upper sec Geography ?
I suggest you check out the free Geography resources at this website https://www.thatgeographyteacher.com/

For Guidebook, get the Comprehensive Guide Geography written by G. Scott’s and published by WISEMANN PUBLISHING. It was reprinted in 2022. The original cost of the book is $18.90.

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HumanitiesGoddess\" post_id=\"1908932\" time=\"1557085540\" user_id=\"177423:

janet88\" post_id=\"1903474\" time=\"1553222370\" user_id=\"12950:

for the first test, it was on GI...according to my girl, it's pointless to get a reference on that because it's not a topic which is fixed. she was also not informed test will be on GI because the teacher told them to study topic on weather :slapshead:

GI is like maths - the answers are very specific and technical but are repetitive. So best way to do well in GI is to get MYE or Prelim papers from schools and spam do section A (always GI) from elective geog papers.

To a large extent - practice will help for GI, which is becoming an important component of both elective and pure geography. However, students also need to practice with understanding in order to prepare themselves well for O/N levels. Qns in O/N levels are becoming increasingly tricky testing students on critical understanding. Can't blindly apply answers from MYE/Prelims/TYS papers. :idea:

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sinusitisoilpure\" post_id=\"1866183\" time=\"1533969413\" user_id=\"170972:

Jonathan Chow:

Haha you posted this before I studied Geography myself, and now I am a Geography tutor. but just to update this for 2018:
Geog has a new Syllabus that focuses on KQs (Key Questions) I think.... check this pdf for the new syllabus. https://www.seab.gov.sg/content/syllabus/olevel/2018Syllabus/2236_2018.pdf

hi wanna get some insights from you since my son is really weak in Geo. Will tuition really help? Since it's basically a mugging subject

It seemed to be a recurrent theme if tuition is really beneficial for content-based subjects like Geography, Social Studies, History...etc The idea that these subjects are mugging subjects which relies on mere memorization is really outdated. The new syllabus for humanities actually focuses more on critical thinking skills and students' ability to express complex ideas in their essay.

For example, the new geography syllabus introduced the Geographical Investigation (GI) section which comprise of 13% out of 50m for elective geog and 25% out of 100m for pure geog. This section requires students to be able to analyze data and respond to questions that are not set strictly within the confines of the textbook. Hence, as such, you find more humanities tuition popping up to as forward-thinking parents already see the need to develop these critical thinking skills to give their children the edge over their peers who continue to rely on route leading.

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phtthp\" post_id=\"1979952\" time=\"1591552055\" user_id=\"35251:

based on 2020 \"core\" (pure) Geography subject, for the Essay section component part,
is it a lot harder to answer ?
Hi phtthp,

Many students find the essay component of core (pure) geog to be very challenging because to hit a higher banding (better scores) students are expected to show deep understanding of overarching geographical concept like \"Place\", \"Scale\", \"Dependence\" and synthesize information from different parts of the chapter to give a more complete answer.

Some tips would be:

1. Don't study each sub-component of the chapter as a stand-alone. Understand how each component relates to each other and be prepared to show this understanding in the concluding - evaluation paragraph.

2. Go beyond the simple PEEL structure taught by most schools. You'll at least need a solid conclusion linking the factors explained to a key geographical concept (space, place, dependence, scale...etc) in order to do decently well for the essay.

3. If the school teacher cannot explain these key essay skills well, seek help outside. There's increasingly more avenue to improve humanities outside of school - like humanities tuition.

Hope it helps 🙂



Alvin
Resilience Learning

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2015148https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2015148Thu, 18 Feb 2021 08:55:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Secondary School Geography on Thu, 07 Jan 2021 05:00:06 GMT]]>Hi, are the notes still available?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2011149https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2011149Thu, 07 Jan 2021 05:00:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Secondary School Geography on Tue, 15 Dec 2020 12:59:13 GMT]]>any1 interested in combined geography O + N level school notes + own notes & some practice papers. top student geography notes. notes compiled by teacher & simplified. good summary for any revision before exams. these notes help me get an A in all my geog test.

https://postimg.cc/ZBK64g3y

https://postimg.cc/xJxMCRyp

https://postimg.cc/mcSQxRcs

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qms\" post_id=\"2001976\" time=\"1604908860\" user_id=\"5718:

6thisnthat9\" post_id=\"2001953\" time=\"1604901102\" user_id=\"145858:

It's not possible to take ss+Geo and pure Geo as double humanities, correct? Meaning to use them in computing L1R5.

That's correct.

:thankyou:

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phtthp\" post_id=\"2001964\" time=\"1604903379\" user_id=\"35251:

6thisnthat9\" post_id=\"2001945\" time=\"1604896939\" user_id=\"145858:

Asking for another parent.

For double Sci and double humanities combination in o level, does it mean 1 if the humanities subjects is combined SS+Geo or SS+Hist and the other is pure humanities?

Thank you.

It's not possible to take ss+Geo and pure Geo as double humanities, correct? Meaning to use them in computing L1R5.

At end of Sec 2 streaming, into Sec 3 subject combination


Under O-level track -

1)

It is compulsory for All O-level students to take \"Social Studies\", accompanied by an \"Elective\". These 2 components together, form ONE single subject.

The \"Elective\" part can be
- History or
- Geography or
- English Literature


If students want to take \"Full\" Humanities, ie. a \"Second\" additional Humanities subject, Yes, is allowed. But cannot repeat the Elective. That means, eg. students CANNOT take

- Elective \"Geography\" + \"Full Geography\" together

- nor take Elective History + Full History together.

- nor take Elective Eng Literature + Full Literature together.
(E.g. Lit : Animal Farm or Romeo & Juliet)

The Elective part must be different from the Full humanities subject.


Example


Sec 3 students can take

- Elective Literature, plus Full History or Full Geography,

or

- Elective History, plus Full Literature or Full Geography,

or

- Elective Geography, plus Full Literature or Full History.


Question is,
how to decide which is going to be your Elective or
which is going to be your Full Humanities?

At end of Sec 2,
after two years have passed by, students having been exposed to (Lit / History / Geog); they will roughly know out of these 3,

- which is their most dis-interested or disliked or hated humanities, can't wait to drop quickly and

- which one, they don't mind continue into Upper Sec.

Normally, students tend to pick or select the Humanities that they are most interested in, or most passionate about, to be their \"Full\" Humanities.

For students,
if their English not powerful, if dont have flair for Appreciation of prose & unseen poetry or dont fancy Lit, usually they tend to drop English Literature. Sometimes, title of the English Literature text also play a part. E.g. do you fancy appreciating Romeo & Juliet, or read Lord of the Flies or read Shakespeare Julius Caesar or the Merchant of Venice or Hamlet or Macbeth or To Kill a Mocking bird or Animal Farm or Taming of the shrew, etc

:thankyou:

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6thisnthat9\" post_id=\"2001953\" time=\"1604901102\" user_id=\"145858:

It's not possible to take ss+Geo and pure Geo as double humanities, correct? Meaning to use them in computing L1R5.
That's correct.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2001976https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2001976Mon, 09 Nov 2020 08:01:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Secondary School Geography on Mon, 09 Nov 2020 06:29:39 GMT]]>

6thisnthat9\" post_id=\"2001945\" time=\"1604896939\" user_id=\"145858:

Asking for another parent.

For double Sci and double humanities combination in o level, does it mean 1 if the humanities subjects is combined SS+Geo or SS+Hist and the other is pure humanities?

Thank you.

It's not possible to take ss+Geo and pure Geo as double humanities, correct? Meaning to use them in computing L1R5.
At end of Sec 2 streaming, into Sec 3 subject combination


Under O-level track -

1)

It is compulsory for All O-level students to take \"Social Studies\", accompanied by an \"Elective\". These 2 components together, form ONE single subject.

The \"Elective\" part can be
- History or
- Geography or
- English Literature


If students want to take \"Full\" Humanities, ie. a \"Second\" additional Humanities subject, Yes, is allowed. But cannot repeat the Elective. That means, eg. students CANNOT take

- Elective \"Geography\" + \"Full Geography\" together

- nor take Elective History + Full History together.

- nor take Elective Eng Literature + Full Literature together.
(E.g. Lit : Animal Farm or Romeo & Juliet)

The Elective part must be different from the Full humanities subject.


Example


Sec 3 students can take

- Elective Literature, plus Full History or Full Geography,

or

- Elective History, plus Full Literature or Full Geography,

or

- Elective Geography, plus Full Literature or Full History.


Question is,
how to decide which is going to be your Elective or
which is going to be your Full Humanities?

At end of Sec 2,
after two years have passed by, students having been exposed to (Lit / History / Geog); they will roughly know out of these 3,

- which is their most dis-interested or disliked or hated humanities, can't wait to drop quickly and

- which one, they don't mind continue into Upper Sec.

Normally, students tend to pick or select the Humanities that they are most interested in, or most passionate about, to be their \"Full\" Humanities.

For students,
if their English not powerful, if dont have flair for Appreciation of prose & unseen poetry or dont fancy Lit, usually they tend to drop English Literature. Sometimes, title of the English Literature text also play a part. E.g. do you fancy appreciating Romeo & Juliet, or read Lord of the Flies or read Shakespeare Julius Caesar or the Merchant of Venice or Hamlet or Macbeth or To Kill a Mocking bird or Animal Farm or Taming of the shrew, etc

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qms\" post_id=\"2001948\" time=\"1604898285\" user_id=\"5718:

6thisnthat9\" post_id=\"2001945\" time=\"1604896939\" user_id=\"145858:

Asking for another parent.

For double Sci and double humanities combination in o level, does it mean 1 if the humanities subjects is combined SS+Geo or SS+Hist and the other is pure humanities? So it is not possible to take 2 pure humanities, correct?

That's correct.

Thank you.
It's not possible to take ss+Geo and pure Geo as double humanities, correct? Meaning to use them in computing L1R5.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2001953https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2001953Mon, 09 Nov 2020 05:51:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Secondary School Geography on Mon, 09 Nov 2020 05:04:45 GMT]]>

6thisnthat9\" post_id=\"2001945\" time=\"1604896939\" user_id=\"145858:

Asking for another parent.

For double Sci and double humanities combination in o level, does it mean 1 if the humanities subjects is combined SS+Geo or SS+Hist and the other is pure humanities? So it is not possible to take 2 pure humanities, correct?
That's correct.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2001948https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2001948Mon, 09 Nov 2020 05:04:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Secondary School Geography on Mon, 09 Nov 2020 04:42:19 GMT]]>Asking for another parent.


For double Sci and double humanities combination in o level, does it mean 1 if the humanities subjects is combined SS+Geo or SS+Hist and the other is pure humanities? So it is not possible to take 2 pure humanities, correct?

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phtthp\" post_id=\"1979952\" time=\"1591552055\" user_id=\"35251:

based on 2020 \"core\" (pure) Geography subject, for the Essay section component part,
is it a lot harder to answer ?
Yes pure geog expectations of content n essay are more n A lot harder . Though requires factual memory work but No regurgitation . But Geog is a enjoyable subject to study for a lot of knowledge . When we travel, my elder kid can relate a lot abt landscape, climate , tourism etc

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1979976https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1979976Mon, 08 Jun 2020 03:33:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Secondary School Geography on Sun, 07 Jun 2020 17:47:35 GMT]]>based on 2020 "core" (pure) Geography subject, for the Essay section component part,

is it a lot harder to answer ?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1979952https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1979952Sun, 07 Jun 2020 17:47:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Secondary School Geography on Thu, 26 Dec 2019 14:55:04 GMT]]>Can anyone recommend an effective n experienced tutor for IP Sec3 Geography ?

Thank you.

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phtthp\" post_id=\"1953192\" time=\"1576337306\" user_id=\"35251:

janet88\" post_id=\"1882699\" time=\"1541651351\" user_id=\"12950:

is geography at Upper sec very much tougher?

daughter insists on appealing for electing geography.

Between Physical geography and Practical geography, which one is easier ?

You mean Physical vs Human Geog? Can you choose between these at O level? I would expect that Geography as a subject would combine the various areas? Or has it changed now?

At H2, students have to learn both physical and human Geog (no map reading, which was a 3rd paper in my time - that would have been the \"practical\" part?). Physical is more \"science\" and would appeal to science students, I guess. Human is more like social studies, bordering on econs, sociology and history, and involves more interpretation of human behaviour.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1953205https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1953205Sun, 15 Dec 2019 00:28:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Secondary School Geography on Sat, 14 Dec 2019 16:04:58 GMT]]>Geography is split into human geography and physical geography.


Physical geog is usually studying tectonic plates, earthquakes and how volcanoes form , aka studying the Earth.

Human geog refers to study of human pattern, like tourism, urbanism and culture

From past experience, physical geog is somehow easier to score, because its hard memorisation. Human geog need to analyse data, graphs, answers are more subjective. But, human geog is more fun to learn.

Source: A1 for Combined Humanities (Social Studies + Geography)

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janet88\" post_id=\"1882699\" time=\"1541651351\" user_id=\"12950:

is geography at Upper sec very much tougher?

daughter insists on appealing for electing geography.
Between Physical geography and Practical geography, which one is easier ?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1953192https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1953192Sat, 14 Dec 2019 15:28:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Secondary School Geography on Wed, 23 Oct 2019 04:09:24 GMT]]>You can PM me if you need a good and patient Geo school teacher tutor to help your child.

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